Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is Johnstone Family Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University where, according to his page on the Universty's website, he conducts research on language and cognition. His books include:


 * The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
 * Learnability and Cognition: The Acquisition of Argument Structure (Learning, Development and Conceptual Change)
 * Language Learnability and Language Development
 * How the Mind Works
 * Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
 * The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

Affiliations

 * Visionary, The Vision Project
 * Director, E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
 * TED Brain Trust, TED